The Mistake I Made

Hi my names Julie. I am only 17 years old and work at Holmes Chapel bakery, yes the one that the one and only Harry Styles used to work at, emphasis on the “used to”. I am a huge One Direction fan and so is my best friend Mina which makes us even closer. We always hope that maybe one day he might walk in to check in to see the shop, but that hasn’t happened for the past year. (Recommended for Mature readers)

24. PARTY

JULIE’S P.O.V

I didn’t want Zayn to leave and Mina didn’t want Niall to leave either. Luckily, for me Veronica went with Harry so I wouldn’t have to deal with her for the rest of the school year. I just pray to god that she doesn’t try anything with Zayn to hurt me.

Mina and I spent the rest of the day together and we mainly just did homework considering that tomorrow we had school yet again. After our homework was finished we went downstairs to see what was for dinner. “Hey girls, don’t look so down you’ll see them sooner than you know it” my mom told the both of us as we got into our chairs at the table.

“Yeah I have to focus on school too so I’ll probably just be studying a lot” I truthfully told my mother and she gave me a sassy look back.

“You’re in high school go to a few parties, why not?” I thought about what she said, and she was right. This is my last year in high school and it’s almost over I haven’t gone to too many parties throughout high school but I did get invited to quite a few.

The next day sure enough buzzing around school was that Brittany was going to have a party at her house. Oddly enough since Veronica stopped talking to them as much once she got with Harry her Lindsey and Francesca have all been a lot nicer too people. We actually talked to each other like normal friends would to each other and ate lunch with Cameron, Mina and I sometimes throughout the week. Friday came sooner than I expected and Mina and I began to get ready for Brittany’s party. “I hope it’s a good” I told Mina while I touched up my face makeup.

“Yeah” she replied back. We weren’t the biggest party goers, as in we didn’t go to many, but when we did go to a party we made sure to have fun.

We pulled up to Brittany’s mansion of a house to see lights flashing and music blasting from the inside. We walked through the door and was greeted by her and pulled into a tight hug. “Hey I’m so glad you could come” she told us and we followed her into the kitchen to see the varsity football team taking shots.

“Hey ladies” they told Mina and I and I waved back and walked to grab a drink. I could tell they were watching us since they were intoxicated obviously. I took a sip of my drink then turned to Mina “do you want one?” I asked her but she nodded her head no and grabbed a water bottle. My parents didn’t have a problem with me drinking only if I was responsible. With my cup in my hand Mina and I split up to talk to other people. I made my way through the crowd of people and I felt someone tap me on the shoulder. It was Cameron. “Hey Cameron!” I greeted him with a hug and he smiled back “Mina’s here too but I’m not sure where she went off too” and after that he went off to go find Mina. I mingled around a bit longer and then Matt came up to me. Obviously drunk, he invited me to go play beer pong with them in the backyard. I wasn’t drunk quite yet but the alcohol had a very slight effect on me at the moment.

After several rounds of beer pong the football jocks and a couple of other girls and I made our way back into the house. We walked in and the music was pounding throughout the house. I knew someone was trailing me through the house to the main room where most people were dancing. Since Zayn wasn’t here I danced alone for a while talking to people until I felt someone’s hands grab my waist and pull my butt against his crotch. At first I was reluctant to swaying my hips but he was moving his and pushing mine side to side, which was nearly painfully, and eventually I gave in. I looked up at the boy who I was dancing with and it was Matt. He was the starting quarterback and captain on the Varsity team, so basically he was a stud. He had long muscular toned arms and dirty blonde hair with brown eyes. Dancing with someone wasn’t ‘cheating’ right? I mean we weren’t doing anything just dancing. As the songs changed he held me closer and closer to him and I had a couple more drinks to the point where I was drunk.

Before Brittany shut her party down I felt Matt’s lips right below my ear and they traveled down to the crook of my neck as one of his hands moved from my hip to my butt. At first I didn’t realize what he was doing until it was too late. He left a hickey. Ah fuck. And I turned around and yelled in his face “What the hell?! I have a boyfriend” I said, but then I realized that I had been grinding and dancing with him throughout the night and I immediately felt extremely guilty. “I have to go” I told him and went to find Mina. She was outside talking with Cameron and I grabbed her hand and told her that we needed to leave. She proceeded to drive us back to my house and I checked my phone to see three text messages from Zayn. ‘Hey babe, hope you’re having a good Friday, maybe we could skype tomorrow?’ was the first message and the second one was a picture of himself which made me smile. And the third text read ‘Julie I miss you...’ I replied back telling him I missed him too and agreed to skype him tomorrow afternoon since I was most likely going to have consequences from tonight.

The next morning I woke up with a slight hangover. And how I mentioned earlier about my parents letting me drink if I was responsible? Well obviously I wasn’t and they were pissed and Mina had to leave and I was grounded for two weeks. Even though my mom pretty much told me ‘Julie go party and do whatever’. Later that day, I went into the bathroom to get ready for our skype ‘date’ and I realized I had a purple mark near my collarbone. Shit. I threw my hair into a ponytail and put on a hoodie which would cover it up. I can’t believe I even let that happen. I’m just glad I stopped him there before he did anymore. However, I couldn’t decide whether or not I tell Zayn about it, so I called Mina. “Mina this is an emergency” I frantically told her.

“What oh my god” she quickly replied back.

“So last night Matt gave me a hickey and I’m not sure if I should tell Zayn about it” I told her.

“He what?!” she practically screamed into my ear so I had to pull the phone away.

“A love bite, and I yelled at him to leave me alone but I guess it was too late” I told her.

“I understood the first time you dork, but I think you should be honest with him and tell him you stopped before he did more. But only if he asks you about your night, and I’m telling you to tell him because secrets don’t keep a relationship” she finished. I thanked her and finished getting ready to skype my wonderful boyfriend.